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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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Dear Dr. Universe: Can you grow stuff like thread, cloth, silk, and most importantly, clothing? - Jay, Colorado We can use all kinds of animal, bug, and plant materials to make cloth. Even some of the tiniest living things on the planet can make cloth, too. I heard about this from my friend Hang Liu, a Washington State University professor who studies the science of materials we use and wear every day. These tiny organisms, microbes, do lots of jobs in the world. They’re at work in soil, some help bread rise, and others c...
Easter comes early this year, and soon baskets of colored eggs and chocolate rabbits will delight both young and old. Celebration meals will be planned and several of this issue’s recipes may be incorporated into menu plans. Robin Higginbotham Jasman of Hartline brought Bean Salad to a Christmas gathering and the recipe was requested by numerous people. Robin’s recipe includes canned baby corn, a refreshing change from traditional three bean salads. Bean Salad 1 can (15 oun...
Washington-grown asparagus is in season, and available at markets and road side stands. Steamed and seasoned with a bit of butter, salt and pepper or prepared in your favorite main dish, nothing beats the flavor of fresh-from-the- field asparagus. Precious Frittata Prima-vera, a recipe from the Precious dairy products company, is a savory main course for breakfast, luncheons or dinner. Preparation time is less than 20 minutes, and the nearly 1 hour baking time makes it ideal...
Asked by Hailey, 10, Ontario Dear Hailey, Cats love attention, but we don’t get jealous like humans do. It’s one of those emotions that set human beings apart from other creatures in the animal kingdom. But I can’t imagine it’s the most pleasant. The poet William Shakespeare once called jealousy a green-eyed monster. Still, it’s an emotion that can help you navigate the world. To learn more about it, I met up with my friend Craig Parks. He’s a psychology professor at Washington State University who studies how humans tick. Hu...
I’ve heard it several times from people who claim belief in God and faith in Christ: “It’s all about me and Jesus.” In a manner of speaking, confessing that “it’s all about me and Jesus” is true. Jesus came to earth, shed his blood on the cross, and died for you. He died so that you might have life. So, in a sense, it is all about you and Jesus, because Jesus is, was, and always will be for you. But, there are at least two problems with confessing that “it’s all about me and...
Facebook has a custom of post called; “Throwback Thursday.” Participants post photos of past events and friends respond with remembrances of those events. We are in the season of wedding and baby showers and my “Throwback” is recipes for shower refreshments from the 1970’s. Lemon Fluff was a staple for showers and teas in the era. For variety change the gelatin flavor for, Cherry Fluff, Strawberry Fluff or Lime Fluff. The recipe was given to me by Ada Larsen of Marysvill...
Asked by Danielle of Latrobe, Tasmania. Dear Danielle, Movies not only took the ideas and inventions of people, but also the work of a horse. Her name was Sallie Gardner and the debate of her day was whether or not horses ever had all four hooves off the ground during a gallop. The human eye moved too slowly to see what was going on with horses’ hooves, so in 1872, the governor of California hired photographer Eadweard Muybridge to find out. Muybridge set up big cameras around a track to capture Sallie Gardner in motion. H...
To the Editor: As Lincoln County Superior Court Administrator, I want to alert our residents to jury duty scams that are becoming more prevalent across the county and around Washington. We greatly value our citizens willing to serve on jury duty and are very concerned that you might become victims of a scam artist out to take your money, and using the name of the court to do so. Please be aware that citizens in several Washington Counties as well as around the country have lost large sums of money. Here is how it usually...
To the Editor: In 1833, Joseph Story made this observation about the United States Post Office: “The post-office establishment has already become one of the most beneficent and useful establishments under the national government.” In 2015, the post office remains a major benefit to the American people and businesses. And this is despite the Republican effort since 2006 to undermine the U.S. Constitution in the attempt to privatize the post office. In 2006, the Republicans in Congress manufactured a crisis by claiming tha...
Asked by Xitan of The Philippines. Dear Xitan, Look up to the twinkly stars and you’ll witness starlight traveling from deep space to your eyeballs. That twinkling you see is the light taking lots and lots of detours. Out in space, astronauts don’t see stars twinkle. I learned about this from my friend, astronaut John Fabian. He studied engineering at Washington State University and flew two space shuttle missions with NASA. Before his missions, they told him not to worry if the stars weren’t twinkling in space. It’s normal...
To the Editor: Kids and water... Your front-page article on bridge-building kids brought back memories; when I was a lot younger I played in the creek. Without water we couldn’t live here and without kids we wouldn’t be here, cause we all started out as kids, so why are you trying to stop the kids from having fun. If you take a trip around town, I think you will see a lot of boats so I think a lot of us older kids like to play in the water, only we call it fishing. Henry Wilson Odessa...
To the Editor: Congress is still fighting about whether or not La Raza ( Liberals) will win and we would legally become a multi-lingual country. The Red party would like to pass “The English Language Unity Act” that would make us a Legal English Language Republic. This Bill has been viable for years but there were not enough votes to pass it. La Raza would have voters faced with ballots in over 200 languages. The number of people and their languages is increasing thanks to our lack of immigration laws that have teeth! For...
To the Editor: On Saturday, April 18, 2015, the ladies of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League of Zion Emmanual hosted the South Columbia Zone Spring Joy Shop – with the theme “Abundant Gifts.” The mission of the LWML is to assist each woman of the LWML in offering her relationship with the triune God so that she is enabled to use her gifts in ministry to the people of the world. Bible study, a slide presentation by Mary Lynn Huntwork on her mission trip to Alaska and an ingathering of items needed for the Odessa Communi...
Dear Editor, I read the article on the front page of the paper today concerning children building bridges in the creek and skateboarding and riding bicycles on the sidewalk. I agree with much that was said in the article. It is important that we encourage safe activities for our children that do not put them or others at risk. I do have a concern about the general tone of the article, because one of the things I love best about Odessa is the ability for the children of our community to play freely outdoors. When kids are...
Asked by Nimra of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Dear Diary, Oh, I mean...Dear Nimra, Making a diary is like creating your own top-secret book. So, I headed straight for a Washington State University library where there are more than a million books. My friend Linnea Nelson was working with some of the books from the special collections when I went to visit her in the lab. She is a conservator, so part of her job is to repair and re-build old books. It preserves their history. Some of the books had an old smell that wafted up...
Spring weather brings out the salad recipes. Kerry Scheller brought a family favorite to a recent community potluck meal, and I received many requests to get the recipe. Kerry’s children and friends named this savory salad, Mama Scheller’s Chicken Salad. Curry is the seasoning and, paired with the tang of pineapple, it gives the mixture subtle flavor surprises along with the crunch of cashews and red onion. Mama Scheller’s Chicken Salad 8 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts 10 whole peppercorns 8 whole allspice 8 whole...
Dear Dr. Universe: Will electricity run out? -Zoe, WA Dear Zoe, Scientists could see and feel electricity in nature long before they discovered how to make it. Maybe you’ve seen it during a powerful electrical storm or felt a little shock from static electricity. It happens because of tiny parts of atoms. They’re called electrons and they are everywhere. Humans and cats carry electrons, too. Electrons have a negative charge. Negatively charged things are drawn to positively charged things, which is why you’ll see the negat...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. Christina Yess/Jess Raugust married at age 19, came to America at age 42, retired to Odessa at age 59, died at age 86. She had a child at ages 20, 22. 24, 27, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 43. You can see that when she was on the farm at Batum age 42 to 59, she was “no youngster.” At Batum, the first house Christina had to deal with was con...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. In August, 1903 Jacob and Christina with their oldest son John and his new wife, along with four other sons and five daughters started a new life at Batum, Adams Co., Washington. Christina was pregnant at the time with her eleventh child, Christian. The Jacob Raugust family lived at Batum for 17 years before retiring to Odessa. After...
Dear Dr. Universe, I saw a caterpillar and a butterfly in the neighbor’s yard. So my question is, what exactly happens inside the little sack they’re in while they transform into a butterfly and how exactly do they do it? – Eston Dear Eston, Springtime sets the stage for one of the greatest transformations in the natural world. “It’s the construction of a butterfly or moth from caterpillar soup,” said my friend David James, an entomologist at Washington State University. James studies the science behind metamorphos...
Ham, eggs and mini-candies from Easter celebrations may be turned into delicious salads and fun cookies. Remembering to refrigerate meal leftovers is important when planning for future menu items. Deluxe Ham and Potato Salad is a warm salad suitable for cold springtime meals. Deluxe Ham and Potato Salad 4 hard cooked eggs 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 garlic clove, sliced thin 1 pound (2 medium) potatoes 3/4 pound cooked ham, cubed 3 medium tomatoes or 12 oun-ces halved cherry...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up. Hi, here I am again. This week, I’m going to tell you about a grandmother whose birth place was Eigenheim, Bessarabia, South Russia, whose birth date was 1861. Her name is Christina Yess/Jess who married Jacob Raugust, 11/26/1880 in Eigenheim, Bessarabia, South Russia. In Eigenheim they had ten children, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1...
Part 3 of the continuing series of the adventures of Gerald and Barbara Greenwalt seeing Paris by riverboat tour. Day three in Paris: A trip to Giverny for the history of Monet.Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840, to a grocer father and singer mother. Monet was mentored in oil painting and painting outdoors. Monet moved to England in 1870 and married Camille Doncieus. They had two children, but she died of tuberculosis aged just 32. He was 43 when he came to Giverny in 1883 with Alice Hosched, her six children and...
To the Editor: Following the lead of Mercedes Schneider, I suggest the following approach be used for the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act as well as for education reform in this state: We can just rank states and schools therein by the parents’ income. We already know that the higher the parents’ income, the higher the student’s standardized test scores. We’ve known this for decades. Problem solved. Again, no need for SBAC or PARCC tests, no loss of teacher jobs, no loss of state funds for massive testing costs, no...
Dear Dr. Universe: Where does dirt come from? - Brian, student from Pullman, Wash. In just a word, the story of soil goes something like this: “CLORPT!” It’s fun to say, and it helps explain how tough rock turns into the soft soil farmers need to grow food and feed the world. Jim Harsh is a scientist at Washington State University and an expert on soil. He said a soil scientist, Hans Jenny, came up with five actors in the soil story: CLimate, Organisms, Relief, Parent material, and Time. The texture, smell, and color of so...
